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J* ETHIOPIAN" ASTD COMIC DRAMA. 

{private boarding. 



AN ORIGINAL COMEDY. 



In One .A.ct and One Scene. 



By WILLIAM COTJRTRIGHT, 

Author of "Zacharias' Funeral." "The Motor Bellows;' etc. 



As Performed at tlie Olympic Theatre, Broadway, New 
York, January, 1874. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 

A Description of the Costumes Cast of the Characters-Entrances 

and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the 

Stage and the whole of the Stag-e Business. 




3STe-w York, 
CLINTON T. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, 

No, 83 Rose Street. 




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3E WITT'S ACTING PLAYS. 



IW Please notice that nearly all the Comedies, Farces and Comediettas in the following 
hst j/'De Witt's Acting Plats" are very suitable for representation in small Amateur Thea- 
tres and on Parlor Stages, as they need but little extrinsic aid from complicated scenery or 
expensive costumes. They have attained their deserved popularity by their droll situations, 
excellent plots, great humor and brilliant dialogues, no less than by the fact that they are the 
most perfect in every respect of any edition of plays ever published either in the United States 
or Europe, whether as regards purity of the text, accuracy and fulness of stage directions and 
scenery, or elegance of typography and clearness of printing. 

*#* In ordering please copy the figures at the commencement of each piece, which indicate 
the number of the piece in "De Witt's List of Acting Plats." 

ft^* Any of the following Plays sent, postage free on- receipt of price — 15 

Address, ROBERT M. DEWITT, 

JVo. 33 Hose Street, JVew York. 
ffg^"* The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of 
Acts. The figures in the columns indicate the number of characters — K.male; 
F. female. 



No. m. 

75. Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 7 

114. Anything for a Change, comedy, 1 3 

167. Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts 7 

93. Area Belle (The), farce, 1 act 3 

40. Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 

89. Aunt Charlotte's Maid, farce. 1 act. . 3 

192. Game of Cards (A), comedietta, 1 



166. Bardell VS. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 

41. Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 

141. Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 

67. Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act.. 7 

36. Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 

160. Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 

70. Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

179. Breach of Promise,, drama, 2 acts.. 5 

25. Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta, 1 4 

24. Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act. 2 

1. Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 

69. Caustht by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 

175. Cast upon the World, drama, 5acts.l0 

55. Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts 12 

80. Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 3 



65. Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts o 

68. Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 
76. Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 

149. Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 

121. Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 

107. Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 

152. Cupid's Eye-Glass, comedy, 1 act... 1 

52. Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 

148. Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

113. Cyrill's Success, comedy, 5 acts — 10 
199. Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta, 1 act 4 

20. Daddv Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 

4. Dandelion's Dodges, farce, 1 act 4 

22. David Gar rick, comedy, 3 acts 8 

96. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 

16. Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 6 

58. Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts 7 

125. Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 

71. Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts. . 5 
142. Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts.. 9 



No. M. 

21. Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 

186. Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts.. 6 

47. Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 

13). Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts. 6 

200. Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 

103. Faust and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 
9. Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude,"l act 4 

128. Female Detective, drama, 3 acts 11 

101. Fernande, drama, 3 acts. . . 11 10 

99. Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 2 

145. First Love, comedy, ] act 4 1 

102. Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 

88. Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act .... 4 

74. Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 

53. Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 
73. Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 
30. Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 act 5 

Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 

Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 



131. 

28. 

151. Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

8. Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 3 

180. Henry the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 5 

19. He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 2 

60. Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 5 

187. His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 1 

174. Home, comedy, 3 acts 4 3 

64. Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 1 

190. Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act 4 1 

191. High C, comedietta, 1 act 4 2 

197. Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 2 

18. If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

1 act 4 3 

116. I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act 3 2 

129. In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 3 

159. In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 2 

122. Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts 11 4 

177. I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 14 1 

100. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 2 

139. Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . . 3 3 

17. Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts 6 4 

86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts 12 5 

72. Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 2 



PRIVATE BOARDING. 

IN ONE ACT AND ONE SCENE. 

/ 
By WILLIAM COURTRIGHT. 



AS PERFORMED AT THE OLYMPIC THEATRE, BROADWAY, [NEW 
YORK, JANUARY, 1874. 



TO WHICH ARB ADDED 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES— CAST OF THE CHARACTERS— EN- 
TRANCES AND EXITS— RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PER- 
FORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 
OF THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



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NEW YORK: 
CLINTON T. DE WITT, PTTSLISTIEa, 

No. 33 Rose Street. 

(BETW ^EN DUANE A.ND FRANKF ORT STREETS.) 

Copyright, 1877, by Clinton T. De Witt. 






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2 PRIVATE BOARDING, y^t^ 



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CAST OF CHARACTERS. s^,™ 



Olympic Theatre, 
Broadway, N. Y., Jan. 1874. 

Mrs. Steakpounder (the Cook) Billy Gray. 

Mrs. Boardem (Landlady) Julia A. Robinson. 

Mr. Takin (a Victim) William Courtright. 

Mr. Buzzera (Victim No. 2) E. D. Goodin. 

Mrs. Tramp John Gilbert. 

Street Vender 



TIME IN FLAYING— FIFTEEN MINUTES. 



SCENE.— Kitchen in 3d grooves. Door l. in flat. 



4 u. e. Door. 4 u. E. 




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Stove. l. 3 E. 



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L. 2 E. 

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L. 1 B. 



String on floor for Bugs. Bug. 

B. C. C. L. C. I L. 



Orchestra. 



Stove l., back, with frying-pan; table c, back, with beefsteak, a 
small piece of candle (not lighted), matches, rolling-pin and ball on it ; 
table r., with two chairs:, two plates, two cups and saucers, two knives 
and forks, a plate of slicked bread, a loaf of bread hollowed out with 
a hair- switch inside, and a piece of pumpkin or custard pie on the table 
r. ; a towel l. 2 e. ; a bladder blown up and glued on a piece of paste- 
board, and painted to resemble a bug, l. 2 e., and a string running 
from it across stage off r. 2 e. ; another bug r. 2 e., with string run- 
ning across to l. 2 e. ; umbrella l. 2 e. ; broom for cook, 



DRESSES.— Modern. 



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PRIVATE BOARDING. 



SCENE. — Kitchen in 3d grooves. Boor l. in flat. Mrs. Steak- 
pounder and Mrs. Boardem discovered. 

Boardem. Well, now that I have everything in proper order, I hope 
to receive a fair share of the public patronage. Come here, niy good 
woman. 

Mrs. Steakpounder. My name is Steakpounder. 

Board. Have you done cooking before ? 

Steak. Well, a little — I've worked in a sausage factory. 

Board. Well, I'll try you. Now, when a boarder calls for a second 
dish of anything, you must never forget to tell them that it's all out, 
and that you are very sorry, and that if they will wait an hour or so 
you will try and get it for them. Do you eat pie 1 

Steak. No, ma'am. 

Board. Are you acquainted with any police'? 

Steak. No, ma'am; only Johnny Roach, the red-headed butcher by 
the corner beyont. 

Board. Have you any poor relations 1 

Steak. It's meself that's the only poor one in me family. I have 
uncles that's lords and dukes. 

Board. Well, take off your bonnet and shawl. Supper is all ready 
but cooking the steak. Now go to your work, you'll find everything 
handy. (Mrs Boardem takes bell from table and exits d. v., ringing 
bell. Cook goes to table, takes rolling-pin, and hammers steak as they 
do all tough beef in boarding houses to make it tender, letting it fall on 
floor, hitting her finger, etc. Business ad lib.) 

Enter Mrs. Tramp, d. p. 

Mrs. Tramp. Is this a boarding house? 

Steak. What did you think it was 1 The station house, or a soup- 
house 1 

Tramp. Can you give a poor woman a morsel of bread? 

Steak I can, if that's all ye want. 

Tramp. Thank you; Heaven bless you. I'm a poor lone widow, 
with a sick husband at home. 

Steak. A widely with a sick husband. Ah, poor thing. 

Tramp. And I have seven poor little helpless babes, the eldest scarce 
twenty-four years old. 

Steak. Ah, the little darlins. Sit down at the table, I'll give you 



4 PRIVATE BOARDING. 

what you want to eat. (Mrs. Tramp sits at table r., facing r.) Now 
what will ye have? Roast beef, pork, mutton, sheep's lip, and boiled 
suspender glove sauce 1 

Tramp. A little roast beef. 

Steak, (very busy patting all plates, etc., in front of her). Oh, poor 
thing ; where do you live, ma'am 1 

Tramp. Nowhere in particular. 

Steak. Ah, ha ; nowhere in party-q-lar. 

Tramp. Have you any quail on toast ? 

Steak, (becoming indignant). You want quail on toast How would 
you like a little humming bird hash % 

Tramp. No, I thank you ; not at present ; but over-done roast beef 
don't agree with me. Have yon any Worcester sauce ? 

Steak. Worcester sauce, you'd like ? 

Tramp. Yes ; I use it when the beef is not done to suit me. 

Steak. Well, if I had known you was coming I'd had things fixed to 
suit you. 

Tramp. Oh, I'll make out a dinner. Bless me, I've eaten worse vic- 
tuals. (Steakpounder opens door in f., gets broom^ Have you no 
desert 1 

Steak, (holding broom menacingly). I'm getting it ready for you. 

Tramp. Have you a napkin 1 

Steak. I think this will do you. (hitting her with, broom and driving 
her around stage and out the door in f. Mrs. Boardem, entering 
door is struck icith broom and driven back tico or three times, until 
Mrs. Steakpounder sees the mistake.) 

Enter Mrs. Boardem. 

Board. Mercy on me, what is all this about \ 

Steak I'm sorry, ma'am ; but a poor crature wanted a morsel of 
bread, as 1 thought, but bad luck to her, she wanted the whole house. 

Enter Mr. Takin, d. f., satchel in hand. Mrs. Steakpounder, think- 
ing it is Mrs. Tramp returning, hits him with broom. 

Board. Stop, stop, stop ! 

Steak (discovering mistake). Oh, excuse me, sir. 

Mr. Takin. Can I get board and lodging here'? 

Board. You can, sir ; what kind of a room would you require ? 

Tak. First-class light room, one flight, late breakfast ; am very 
partial to rare steaks, and don't like cold suppers. 

Board. I think I can please you. There never was a boarder left my 
house dissatisfied. 

Steak. They never had the strength to complain. 

Tak. What are your charges? 

Board. The usual price -is seven dollars; but the strawberry season 
is coming in, and I shall charge a dollar extra. 

Tak. For strawberries 1 

Board. Yes, sir. 

Tak. So they did at the last place I stopped ; I had one dish of straw- 
berries during the season. What I want is good substantial 

Vender (at door in f.). Soft soap. (Cook strikes at him with stick 
she has in hand, hitting the door. Vender disappears.) 



PRIVATE BOARDING." 5 

Tak. No, I want something to eat. For supper I'd like same 

Ven. (with head in door). French mustard, (same business as be- 
fore with Cook.) 

Tak. No. 

Board. Go away from that door. [Exit, d. f. 

Steak. Will you have your supper now, or wait until the morning 1 

Tak. (sitting at table r., facing a). I'll have it now. Beefsteak 
rare. 

Steak. Take it away wid you. (taking a piece of the raw steak with 
her hand and slapping it on Ids plate and turning to go to the stove.) 

Tak. A little better done, (throicing it at the Cook, hitting her in the 
back.) 

Steak. All right, sir. (picking up steak and slapping it in pan on 
stove. ) 

Vender (head in door). Rags, bottles ! 

Cook grabs steak from pan and throics it at Vender, icho has gone, 
and it hits Mr. Buzzem as he enters, d. p. Business ad lib. 

Mr. Buzzem {entering). Can I get board and lodging here 1 

Enter Mrs. Boardem, r. 

Board. You can, sir; and I shall require one week in advance. 
Buz. My money is in my trunks outside, when they are brought in I 
will pay you. 

'Since Buzzem's entrance, Takin has been putting knives, forks and 
dishes in his valise beside him. the cook having discovered it f is 
taking them out and putting them back on the table. 

Board. Very well. [Exit, c. d 

Buzzem sits at table facing Takin. 

Steak. Will you have beefsteak, porksteak, mutton chops, mush- 
rooms, toadstools .' 

Ven. (at door). Charcoal. (Cook goes for 7dm, and he disappears. 
Buzzem eats very fast.) 

Tak. (to Buzzem). Will you pass the pie 1 

Buz. Ask the waiter for pie. 

Tak. That is my pie by your plate, sir. 

Buz. Then take it, sir. (smashing him on the face with the pie. 
Takin runs to front.) 

Tak. Oh, my eye. (Cook wipes pie off his face.) 

Steak. See here, sir ; (to Buzzem, who is gnawing on the end of a 
loaf of bread) you'll ate your supper and not be battering the boarder's 
brains out. (Buzzem pulls long hair sicitch out of loaf of bread by his 
teeth) What's that ye have 1 That's me hair switch that I lent Bridget 
Maguire that works in the bakery. 

Tak. Madam, if you will show me a room, I will retire 1 

Steak. And I'll be glad to be rid of you. (gives Takin a very small 
piece of candle) Here is your gas, and your room is No. 4, on the right 
hand side, next door to the laundry. 



6 PRIVATE BOARDING. 

Tak. Say, haven't you got another one of these 1 (meaning candle.) 
Steak. What would ye do wid another one 1 
Tak. I'd like another to see this one by. 
Steak. Go to bed, or I'll have ye arrested. 

Exit Takin, r Buzzem has gone to the stove and put his feet in it. 
Steakpounder, seeing him. 

Steak. Oh, bless me; look at the lunatic, he has his feet in the 
stove ; he'll burn them off of him. See here to me, my good man, do 
ye know what you're dom' ? 

Buz. Keep cool, ma'am ; keep cool*. 

Steak. Keep cool. But, you have your feet in the stove. 

Buz. I thought it was the ice chest. 

Steak. You've been drinking too much soldier water. I think you'd 
better go to bed. 

Buz. Have you any snuff, madam ? 

Steak. What do you want wid snuff? 

Buz. Tickle my nose. 

Steak. Tickle your nose wid a straw. Go to bed, now, there's a 
good man. No. 1141, on the left. [Exit Buzzem, l. 

Enter Mrs. Boardem, //wh. r. 

Board. Well, cook, how are you getting along? 

Steak. What do ye think, ma'am ; one of them divils was tryin' to 
cremate himself; he had his feet in the stove. 

Tak. (outside, r.). Landlady, landlady ! (entering r. with candle in 
hand, night-dress and night-cap on) Madam, some one has taken the 
burner off my gas. 

Steakpounder and Boardem scream and run to l. Exit Takin, r. 
Enter Buzzem, from l. 2 e., having his legs put through the sleeves 
of his coat and the skirt drawn up around him, and a towel in 
his hand. 

Buz. Madam, have you a clean towel? this has been used before. 
Steak. Of course it has, by fifty before you, and you are the first to 
complain. 

Tak. (from r.). Bugs, bugs! 

Enter bug, r., followed by Takin. Enter bug, l. Buzzem and Takin 
fight bugs, jump on them, they burst. Boardem and Steak- 
pounder screaming. 

CLOSE m. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R means Right of Stage, facing the Audience ; L. Left ; C. Centre ; R. C. Right 
of Cenlre : L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running across 
the back of the Stage ; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat : R. D. F. Right Door in 
^2. V, L 1 D - F - Left Door in the Flat ! R- D - Rfcht Door ; L. D. Left Door ; 1 
E. First Entrance : 2 E. Second Entrance ; U. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 G. 
First, Second or Third Groove. 

R - R - C. C. L C L. 

^T The reader is supposed to be upon the Stage, facing the Audience. 



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scenes. Selected with great care and judgment from the noblest and 
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upon improvising Wardrobes, etc., etc. There are Twelve pieces in this book that require two 
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seven Female Characters ; Nineteen pieces that require one Male and one Female Characters ; One 
piece that requires one Male and two Female Characters ; Oi%e piece that requires two Male aud 
one Female Characters. 

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the pieces require three Male Cliaiacters ; Three of the pieces lequire two Male and one Female 
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Male aud one Female Characters. 

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DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 



No. 
144. 

34. 
137. 
111. 
119. 
165. 

48. 

32. 
164. 
109. 

85. 

87. 
143. 
189. 
163. 
154. 

63. 

39. 

" k 49! 

15. 

46. 

51. 
184. 
108. 
188. 
169. 
130. 

92. 
193. 

140. 

115. 
2. 

57. 
104. 
112. 
185. 

84. 
117. 

171. 
14. 

173. 
176. 

90. 
170. 

33. 
3. 

97. 

66. 

172. 

94. 

45. 
155. 

178. 

147. 
156. 

82. 
127. 

23. 



Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts.12 
Larkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 

L' Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act 3 

Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Locked In with a Lady, sketch, 1 act. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act. . 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act. . . 1 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act. 5 
Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 

My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 

My Walking Photo.raph, musical 

duality, 1 act 1 

Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act 3 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 

Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts 8 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 

No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 

Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts. 14 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 

Nothing Like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 

No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 



13 6 



1 2 



8 4 



prologue . 
Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act. 
On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act. . . 4 

One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts 

Orange Blossoms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 3 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 4 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

Our Domestics, comedy farce, 2 acts 6 6 
Our Heroes, military play, 5 acts. . .24 5 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 5 

Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts 11 5 

Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act — 1 1 

Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

Peggy Green, farce, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act ... 15 24 

Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



11)0. 
132. 



77. 

13. 
11)4. 
195. 



No. M. P. 

61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts 7 2 

138. Poll and Partner Joe, burlesque, 1 

act 10 3 

110. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, 13 6 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 3 

95. Pretty Horse-Breaker, farce, lact.. 3 10 

181 and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts.38 8 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 5 2 
Queerest Courtship (The), comic op 

eretta, 1 act 1 1 

Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

Richelieu, play, 5 acts 16 2 

Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 

Rosemi Shell, travesty, 1 act, 4 

scenes 6 3 

158. School, comedy, 4 acts 6 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, 1 7 
37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act ...... . 3 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act . . 7 

6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 2 
10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act. . 1 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 16 

Special Performances, farce, 1 act. . 7 

Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 

Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act.. 1 
Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 
There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 1 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

lact 6 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts. . 7 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 
prologue 7 

Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 
'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 

Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 1 3 

29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act 5 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123. Two Polts, farce, 1 act 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

lact 3 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 
81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 

118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 



78. 

150. 

1-21). 
14(3. 



133. 
153. 



134. 



War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts. . . 5 4 

Which of the Two? comedietta, 1 act 2 10 

Who is Who? farce, 1 act 3 2 

Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts. ...... 4 4 

William Tell with a Vengeance, 

burlesque 8 2 

Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 6 

Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 4 

Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 4 

Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 13 3 
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